Program content
The program leverages the educational power of multiple teaching tools, including class discussions, exchange of ideas and perspectives with faculty and fellow participants. Hands-on experiential learning is provided through a goal-setting simulation, opportunity for one-on-one coaching, and application of leading-edge execution tools and techniques. Participants will also have the benefit of using a proprietary assessment tool that quantifies the Cost of Execution (COEx) or 'drag' on execution performance and compares it to other organizations in your industry.
Aligning Strategy and Execution: Changing the Mindset
- Establishing realistic targets that stretch the organization and promote growth
- Best practices (e.g, 4DX, Hoshin Kanri, Balanced Scorecard, Operating Plan) in alignment to prioritize objectives, tactics, and performance metrics on achieving the most important goals
- Modern budget and prioritization approaches that allocate resources to their most productive uses
- Establish a day-to-day rhythm for execution that increases momentum and keeps everyone aligned to deliver on the strategy.
- Exploring the potential risks and benefits of making mid-course corrections
Execution Leadership
- Expanding organizational involvement in the planning process to create alignment and commitment
- Socializing strategy so everyone in the organization understands their role, how to do it and why it’s important
- Explore cases where organizational leaders needed to make bold moves to ensure long-term survival
- Legitimizing execution performance as essential for strategic success
- Identify the behaviors that make an execution leader unique
- Best practices (e.g., Lean) that improve productivity and remove waste
- Improving ineffective business processes
Organizational Execution Levers
- Learn the different types of organizational execution levers (e.g., structure, agility, technology, leadership etc.) and their benefits in terms of executing the strategy
- Orchestrate balance between execution discipline and agility – how do you choose the right lane for execution?
- Identify your organization’s primary execution barriers and how to detect them
- Leveraging digital technology and analytics to improve collaboration, knowledge-sharing and productivity
- Improve your organization’s ability to lead and manage projects to deliver on goals and objectives
- A simulation that provides hand-on application to highlight the benefits and potential pitfalls of performance indicators
Creating an Effective Execution Culture and Environment
- Discuss the role of execution in sustaining long-term performance and improving resilience
- Complete a proprietary assessment (Cost of Execution COEx) to determine the degree to which execution barriers are creating a drag on progress and wearing down resources
- Legitimizing cultural barriers to execution such as silo mentality and organizational politics
- Modern evidence-based approaches to building organizational commitment and engagement
- Designing work spaces that enhance productivity and employee satisfaction
